18 January 2008, 12:00pm
Gardiner, Maine – January 18, 2008 – Due to a fantastic response to a free web demonstration of Geographic Calculator v7.0, Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com) has opted to add two additional free web demonstrations of Geographic Calculator v7.0. The added presentations will take place on Friday, February 1, and Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. EST. Space is limited, so sign up now at http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/products/demo.php. Blue Marble’s coordinate conversion technology is used worldwide by thousands of GIS analysts at software companies, universities, oil and gas companies, civil engineering, surveying, technology, enterprise GIS groups, government and military organizations.
Geographic Calculator 7.0, the most comprehensive update in the software’s history, introduces dockable windows, workspace settings that can be saved and shipped to other users, administrative tools that can be used to lock down editing of the coordinate datasource to protect definitions and guide users, an extension allowing the use of the Calculator in ArcGIS, complete FLEXnet licensing for easier porting of licenses and WAN usage, a datasource merge tool, the ability to transform between any datum (not just WGS84) and much, much more.

Each month we select a hot topic and a leading figure in the industry to write about it.What message are we sending to senior level decision makers about the importance and value of Spatial Data Infrastructure - SDI - if we keep misrepresenting what SDI is or is all about?
In previous editorials in this magazine I have touched on various SDI issues, especially now that the pan-European SDI has achieved a legally mandated status within the European Union's 27 Member States. Yet I fear that the Geographic Information community - or communities, for there are many - continue to… More…
Roger Longhorn